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Give an inch and take a mile
Give an inch and take a mile
Give
somebody
an inch and
they'll
take a mile.
something that you say which means that if you allow someone to behave badly at all, they will start to behave very badly
I'm always wary about making concessions to these people. Give them an inch and they'll take a mile.
See also:
and
,
give
,
inch
,
mile
,
take
Common Names:
Name
Gender
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Usage
Danuta
dah-NUW-tah
Polish
Fred
FRED
(English, French, Portuguese)
, FRET
(Dutch, German)
English, Dutch, German, French, Portuguese
Xiulan
-
Chinese
Sidonia
-
Late Roman, German
Matthieu
ma-TYU
French
Elroy
EL-roi
English
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